aban·doned adjective \ə-ˈban-dənd\
: left without needed protection or care
: left by the owner
: no longer held or thought of : given up
: wholly free from restraint
Examples of ABANDONED
- He led a reckless and abandoned life and died young.
- <she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch>
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Related to ABANDONED
- derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, void
- bridled, checked, constrained, controlled, curbed, governed, hampered, hindered, restrained, temperate
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